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Mount Heng (Beiyue Hengshan) 北岳恒山Běiyuè Héngshān
4A scenic area · Datong, Shanxi
- Time needed
- Half a day to 1 day
- Days to budget
- 1 day
- City
- Datong
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Mount Heng (Beiyue Hengshan)
Mount Heng is the northern one of China's Five Great Mountains, rising to 2,016.1 m at Tianfengling just south of Hunyuan; it took over the title of Northern Peak from a mountain in Hebei in the early Qing. Its temples, halls and pavilions are built against cliffs and in caves, and the Beiyue Temple stands high on the main peak, the only one of the five mountains' main temples built there. A cable car and walking routes serve the temple area, and the Hanging Temple on neighbouring Cuiping Peak is a separate sight.
How to get to Mount Heng (Beiyue Hengshan)
About 5 km south-east of Hunyuan and about 67 km by road (around 1.5 hours) from Datong railway station; visitors leave cars at the Hengshan visitor centre and take a shuttle bus into the scenic area.
Nearby
- Hanging Temple 悬空寺 under 10 km
A wooden temple pinned to a sheer cliff, seemingly propped up on stilts - Yingxian Wooden Pagoda 应县木塔 50 km
A Liao-dynasty timber pagoda of 1056, five storeys outside and nine within - Datong Ancient City 大同古城 60 km
Rebuilt Ming ramparts around genuine Liao–Jin temple halls and a glazed dragon screen
Also within 20 km: Tomb of Li Yumei 栗毓美墓 (under 10 km), Yuanjue Temple Pagoda, Hunyuan 圆觉寺塔 (under 10 km), Hunyuan Confucian Temple 浑源文庙 (under 10 km), Yong'an Temple, Hunyuan 浑源永安寺 (under 10 km), Lülüshen Temple, Hunyuan 律吕神祠 (under 10 km), Dayun Temple, Jingzhuang 荆庄大云寺 (10 km).
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